Microfluidics News AdminSep 25, 20171 min[Lab on a chip] Magnetic Janus particles synthesized using droplet micro-magnetofluidic techniques fAbstract: Magnetic droplets on a microfluidic platform can act as micro-robots, providing wireless, remote, and programmable control. This field of droplet micro-magnetofluidics (DMMF) is useful for droplet merging, mixing and synthesis of Janus structures. Specifically, magnetic Janus particles (MJP) are useful for protein and DNA detection as well as magnetically controlled bioprinting. However, synthesis of MJP with control of the functional phases is a challenge. Hence, w
Microfluidics News AdminApr 26, 20171 min[Journal of Chromatography A] Separation of Janus droplets and oil droplets in microchannels by wallAbstract: The continuous separation of different types of droplets from a mixture is important in industrial and research applications. Currently researches for droplet separation focus on homogeneous emulsion droplets, and there is no study on the separation of heterogeneous droplets. The wall-induced dielectrophoresis, which originates from the non-uniform electrical field around a sphere nearby a planar wall, can be applied to separate dielectric particle and cells. In thi
